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A UCD GRADUATE whose ‘alternative CV’ went viral and collected over 115,000 views around the world has landed him a job with Twitter.
Jordan McDonnell attracted interest from employers around the world after his slideshow resumé went global – but ultimately resulted in him receiving three jobs offers in his home town of Dublin.
Having received job offers from all over the world – which are still coming in – Jordan will start a new role as an account manager with Twitter in its Dublin office next Monday.
“I’ll be in charge of the portfolio of clients that use Twitter for advertising,” McDonnell told TheJournal.ie, “helping them on their needs and how they can optimise their usage of Twitter.”
26-year-old McDonnell had uploaded his alternative CV while working as a financial analyst in the Netherlands, hoping to change career as his contract with his previous employer was ending.
Not having any experience in more creative fields like marketing, he decided the best way to showcase his abilities was by giving his CV a new lease of life.
And rather than needing to send his alternative CV to prospective employers, the employers came to him – with McDonnell admitting that he had not actually applied for any jobs since the slideshow resumé had taken off.
In fact, the recruiters who ultimately gave him his job didn’t even see the CV themselves – but rather had someone else send it on when they quipped about how CVs had become staid and boring.
My manager was sitting in a room, going through CVs, and went on Twitter to say, ‘Guys, get your act together – stop sending me four-page CVs with spelling mistakes!’One of his followers sent him back to me saying, ‘I don’t suppose this guy has any hope so!’, because my CV had 33 pages altogether.
He laughed, liked it, and then sent me a DM saying, ‘Expect an email’. Within a few hours he had made contact and I was invited back to meet him.
McDonnell – who has both Bachelors and Masters degrees from UCD – said he had also been contacted by recruiters from the US and Australia, but that ultimately he had to choose between three roles with three major online companies, each of which has offices in Dublin.
“It’s been a whirlwind,” he admitted, saying he was looking forward to his first day.
McDonnell admitted he was “baffled” by how his presentation had taken off, and says contact has also come from other job-hunters expressing their admiration.
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I didn’t think John Waters would be in favour of artificial contraception…
“Nobody knows where my Johhny has gone”" or as the song goes “Its my std and I will cry if I want to “
Cringe.com
Whats with the thumbs down? Cringe multiplied with poor communication and stupidity..
Quick question, do condoms still have that luxury tax attached to them?
I think so…along with tampons!!
You can get condoms for free in any HSE clinic or STI clinics, or you can get 12 for a €1.49 in the euro shops and dealzs.
Won’t somebody think of the Youth Defence types? We’ll have another 300 billboards saying No to Johnny because of this.
Maybe backed up by the song Johnnie I Hardly Knew Ya?
What’s the point! In one ear out the rubber!
Pretty unimaginative. I am surprised its not a model in a pair of short shorts holding a sign though. Pretty much what advertising and marketing can stretch to on this island.
Should he not be playing a flute?
Don’t be silly wrap you’re willy… Or you will get aids and die
Ah come on! You leave the aids joke there but take down my monkey comment??
Despite everything they seem to b out of touch as usual and spending money they don’t have on cringe campaigns…nReign in they HSE and start to cut out the useless middle management in it and let’s get on with revitalising the health sector…
It’s not babies that are the problem its the aids and herpes that are the real problem
Oh great work there lads. An Irish Ali G!! And what has the effing ukulele got to do with condoms??
maybe the message is that if you dont use a condom you could bring a sad git like this to life!
How about a simple STOP MAKING BABIES! campaign?
Don’t have sex! You’ll get COOTIES !
Zip up your mickey.
I liked the think contraception ones, garden of eden backing track
WTF … Does’nt even begin to “cover” this ….
There’s nothing I love more than watching elderly HSE members desperately try to connect with the youth of the country… and failing miserably…
Great ad. With super acting.
Ná bí id’ amadán, cur clúdach ar do dhóchán.
Serious subject. Dire ad…STD’s still on the increase. What is the message here (if any)? Not a reflection of any good management.
Yep, you’re right.
You can get an STI from oral to. Zip up your mouth. LOL
@ Mark
LOL
Low budget, quick, non informative and lacking the care needed to execute the intended goal. Its the perfect add for the HSE.
How much did this add cost to make? Was it a professional advertising agency ? It looks like an amateurish effort ?
How the hell can you find 3 actors so bad in a 10 second ad? Take a bow HSE- CRINGE
It is supposed to be real sister, not actors.
The Dutch do much better condom ads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–7Fxg6_jzU
It’s a belgian ad (they speak french and the stores mentioned are in Belgium)
This does not make my johnny jump up!
Cringe!
Oh god that’s so cringe inducing, huge fail on the part of the HSE
Budget cuts to important services and then they spend money on that shite. Unbelievable!
johnny needs to sort out his bush!
Ok, it is kinda stalkery to have a guy strumming a guitar outside a tent when people are getting it on but I’m more concerned that there is: no mention of STDs/AIDS, protecting yourself, they guy is NOT prepared with a condom in his pocket (girl has the condom), there’s a focus on a heterosexual couple and not a gay couple (tho there might be other adverts that have a gay couple, but I doubt that) etc etc. The salience of the ‘don’t die of ignorance’ advert seems to have been completely lost here. I don’t see the point of the advert and it is an utter waste of money tbh. And, oh, sponsored by ‘The Inbetweeners’ (about a group of hapless virgin boys who actually know nothing about sex) seems just an appropriate choice of sponsor given the advert’s design!
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